Vitamin D: review of physiology and clinical uses.

Interest in vitamin D has increased within the scientific community due to the impact of osteoporosis in the aging population. Vitamin D receptors are present in many tissues and low vitamin D status has been associated with many diseases in observational studies. There was hope that enhanced vitamin D provision might help prevent and treat some widespread disorders. Some of these hopes have been refuted by the results of recent large and well-conducted randomized trials. This review provides an overview of the basic physiology of vitamin D and an update on the evidence base for its clinical applications.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Minerva Endocrinologica

• Publication date

  2023-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.23736/S2724-6507.22.03652-1PMID 36920117
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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